McVey PTA Meeting

October 10, 2017

7:00 pm

  1. Welcome
  2. Pledge of Allegiance
  3. Approval of Minutes
  4. Christina Ratkewitch motioned to approve the minutes
  5. Danica Valentine seconded the motion
  6. Mrs. Dunne’s Principal’s Report
  7. Ms. Kay climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro and raised $8,000 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
  8. McVey featured in K98.3
  9. Ms. Safren’s art work featured in an exhibit in South Korea
  10. All of her art pieces that were exhibited were sold
  11. Get Smart Show
  12. Featured LIVE through Skype
  13. Family Fun Games for Math
  14. Focus is on deep practice
  15. Multi dimensional thinking
  16. Lockdown Drill; everything went smoothly
  17. Unity Day
  18. Character Ed Day
  19. Kindness & Empathy
  20. Mr. Comer
  21. Dr. Card
  22. Parent/School Connection is very important
  23. Salisbury is an open place; anyone is always welcome to contact his office
  24. Increasing digital footprint; FB, instagram, twitter
  25. President’s Report
  26. Reflections
  27. Everyone received the requirements for the project
  28. Modells; almost finished
  29. McVey 5K
  30. Strollers OK to bring
  31. PTA Excellence
  32. There are 3 requirements
  33. We got this!
  34. By George
  35. It has been laid out
  36. Please send in articles if you have
  37. Ratkewitch Agency
  38. Donated the Signs around the outside of the school
  39. Wellness Walk
  40. October 25
  41. Need volunteers at corners
  42. Amazon Smile
  43. Ongoing, please remember to use when shopping
  44. Pictures
  45. Went well
  46. Retake, Wednesday November 8, 2017
  47. Halloween Howl
  48. Huge event, need all the helpers we can get
  49. Food, games, face painting
  50. Bring money for raffles
  51. NO SIBLINGS that don’t go to McVey
  52. Spooky Walk
  53. Set Up October 21, 9 am in the APR
  54. Membership
  55. We have 450 and need 505
  56. Pumpkin Patch
  57. Kindergarten event
  58. Book Fair
  59. Don’t forget to send money with your child
  60. Fall Fundraiser
  61. Some nice things in the Miss. Chocolate Book
  62. Kids Stuff Book
  63. Coupon Book
  64. Next year we should aim for a digital book
  65. Cultural Arts
  66. Zumba for Kids during wellness week
  67. Circus every other year
  68. Founders Day
  69. Ongoing, send in letters by Oct 20
  70. Community members who have gone above and beyond
  71. Box tops
  72. Andrew Schwartz: Please send them in.
  73. Made over $1,500 last year with box tops
  74. Someone to potentially take over
  75. Download the App
  76. Access and Curriculum
  77. Singapore math program
  78. Great program that has shown success
  79. Aligned with standards
  80. Teachers have workshops with this new program
  81. November 15 Access Workshop at Campo Center
  82. Bake Sale
  83. Tuesday, November 7, 2017
  84. Drop off at 7am the day of, or the evening before
  85. 5th Grade Committee
  86. Pie Sale to be delivered the week of Thanksgiving
  87. Lollipops and Pencils
  88. Safety and Transportation
  89. Any way to find out if buses will be late?
  90. The buses have a window of 10 minutes to arrive; and it takes about 10 minutes for a Connect Ed to go out; and it goes out to the whole building.
  91. Posting on Facebook PTA page
  92. Raffle Winners
  93. Mrs. Primrose
  94. Mrs. Sabowitz
  95. Mrs. Lends